The Saugerties Junior and Senior High Drama Club will present CSI: Wonderland on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17 at Saugerties High School.

Under the governor’s proposal, likely to be upped by the state legislature, the Saugerties schools would see an overall increase in state aid from $22,729,250 in the 2017-18 fiscal year to $22,802,192. In the overall scheme of things, that’s not much.

The Saugerties schools’ annual spelling bee was swept by a pair of sixth grade students at Riccardi Elementary School.

Live music performance is so popular in the Saugerties schools that the calendar of events for December is filled with band and choir concerts for the elementary, junior and senior high schools.

Students will attend a full day of school, with a 17-student class of four-year-olds at both Mount Marion and Cahill elementary schools. Cahill will also host a 14-student class for three-year-olds.

The above-the-fold front-page headline story delves into whether the tradition of the Mum Queen and her court is sexist by nature.

A few times each school year, Saugerties students get a day or half-day off in the middle of the week. Either Superintendent’s Conference Days or Staff Development Days, the breaks allow educators and support staff to come together with an eye on improving their own skills for the benefit of kids across the district.

October is Fire Prevention Month and the Saugerties Central School District used that designation to help educate students at each of the District’s four elementary schools about fire safety.

A special meeting by the Saugerties school board this week mulled the safety of a bus stop on Route 9W in West Camp. The matter is still unresolved.

Since becoming principal, Osterhoudt has used eccentric challenges to inspire the children to complete the summer reading. She tells the students: “If you’ll read, I will do anything.”